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Kind Robin lo'es me

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“Kind Robin lo'es me” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 216 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Robin is my only jo,

Robin has the art to lo'e,

So to his suit I mean to bow,

Because I ken he lo'es me.

Happy, happy was the shower,

That led me to his birken bower,

"Whare first of love I felt the power,

And kend that Robin lo'ed me.

They speak of napkins, speak of rings,

Speak of gloves and kissing strings,

And name a thousand bonnie things,

And ca' them signs he lo'es me.

But I prefer a smack of Rob,

Sporting on the velvet fog,

To gifts as lang's a plaiden wob,

Because I ken he loe's me.

He's tall and sonsy, frank and free,

Lo'ed by a', and dear to me,

Wi' him I'd live, wi' him I'd die,

Because my Robin lo'es me.

My titty, Mary, said to me,

Our courtship but a joke wad be,

And I, or lang, be made to see,

That Robin did na lo'e me.

But little kens she what has been,

Me and my honest Bob between,

And in his wooing, O sae keen,

Kind Robin is that lo'es me.

Then fly, ye lazy hours, away,

And hasten on the happy day,

When "join your hands," Mess John shall say,

And mak' him mine that lo'es me.

Till then, let every chance unite,

To weigh our love, and fix delight,

And I'll look down on such wi' spite,

Who doubt that Robin lo'es me.

O hey, Robin, quo' she,

O hey, Robin, quo' she,

O hey, Robin, quo' she.

Kind Robin lo'es me.

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Traditional words. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Kind Robin lo'es me”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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